...the golden city ceased? The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers. He who smote the people in wrath with a continual...nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth. II. Remember these, O Jacob and Israel ; for thou art my servant : I have formed thee, thou art my...

...city ceased ! The Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulen. He «vhe smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke : he that ruled the nations in anger, w persecuted, and none hindercth. The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet : they break forth into...

...for booties unto them0? The Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers. He who smote the people in wrath with a continual...nations in anger is persecuted, and none hindereth p. b Ilab. i. 4. i Ezek. xxxiv. 2, 3,4. , k Jer. xxLL. 1 — 5. 1 Jer. xxii. 15. » Jer. xxii. 17,...

...golden city ceased! 5 The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers. 6 7 The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing. 8 Yea, the fir-trees rejoice...

...went the Pestilence.' When the Babylonian tyrant is destroyed, ' the fir trees rejoice at his fall, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us.' And at the captivity of Jerusalem the very ramparts ^ and the walls lament, ' they languish together.'...

...vassals ; so that the following emphatic language of scripture may be used in describing him, — " He who smote the people in wrath with a continual...is quiet ; they break forth into singing. Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, since thou art laid down, no feller is...

...even to the sublime, as in the following verses, of which the third quoted (the 9th) is very grand. " The whole earth is at rest and is quiet : they break...thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us. " Hell from beneath is moved for thee, to meet thee at thy coming ; it stirreth up the dead for thee,...

...golden- city ceased I The " Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked, and ." the sceptre of the rulers. He who smote the " people in wrath with a continual...none " hindereth. The whole earth is at rest, and is quietc " they break forth into singing. Yea, the fir-trees ," rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon,,...

...city ceased ! The Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers. Verse 6. The whole earth is at rest and is quiet : they break forth into singing. t Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming, &c. Isaiah xiv. 9. Had the author...

...to the exiles of Israel . on the fall of the King of Babylon. " How hath the oppressor ceased ! — He, who smote the people in wrath with a continual...ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none bindereth. — All they shall fall ; they released the press from its " horrid silence," and permitted...